GIRL POWER NOVEMBER 2013 | Page 15

THINK It seems that we have not yet realized that our words can be harrowing and haunting. We feel that we can hide behind a screen and not be judged. While our words and what we write on social media has left many in despair, feeling hopeless, alone and left feeling they can’t take it anymore. Are we really trying to use THINK? Are we looking at what we have typed or texted and asking ourselves when I push send is this something that is True/Helpful/ Inspiring/ Necessary/Kind? Izzy Dix was 14 when she wrote a poem entitled “I Give Up,” before her mom found her hanging.